DAD'S RAMBLINGS -- TURKEY OR DESSERT?

DAD'S RAMBLINGS – TURKEY OR DESSERT?

"As newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby, if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is gracious." (I Peter 2:2-3)

Yesterday, many of us enjoyed a sumptous thanksgiving meal with all the trimmings – turkey or ham with cranberry sauce, candied sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes, olives, jello fruit salad, bread rolls and jelly, and of course, dessert such as pumpkin pie. I have tasted, and the Thanksgiving meal is good.

However, I must confess that even though I enjoy all of the meal, the dessert table is my favorite.

Some of us have tasted of the things that the world has to offer, and though they may be sweet for a season, the good taste does not last. They are like the dessert table. It tastes delicious, but has add no lasting value. In fact, sometimes it turns to bitterness.

Not so with feasting at the Lord's table. I have tasted of the good things of the Lord, and I would not trade it for anything the world has to offer, no matter how temptingly delicious it looks.

But I have to ask myself, how much do I desire the pure milk of the Word? God's word is perfect, pure right, pure, clean, true and righteous. "More to be desired are they than gold, Yea, than much find gold; sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb" (Psalm 19:10). Am I content with just eating delicious morsels of the dessert table – some tasty tidbit that is laden with sweetness but has no nutritional value?

Eating at the table of the Lord is more than just eating dessert. The real value is the nutrition we get by drinking the "pure milk of the word." That is what will give us what we need to grow properly.

So, pass me the Word of God. In it I find what I need to grow by, plus the deliciousness of the Lord Jesus.

Love, Dad